January 8, 2007 - Vol.18, No. 15
News That Concerns Kiwanians and Their Families
Attendance:
20 including our guest speaker
Invocation:
Joe Adrignola
Senior Members:
Warren Mitchell, Ed Chertok,
Dennis Denoncourt, Ed Merski, Peter Karagianis
Win a Classic!
The Motorcycle Road Show was in Hartford
this weekend. Don and Sue Nelson, Joe and Vi Adrignola, Jim and Arlene
Fortier, and Larry and Rosemarie Murphy handled the weekend and took
home over $3,000! That figure is down from years past, but still significant
toward the fundraiser. Well done. Up next: Wilmington, Massachusetts
this coming weekend.
January 13th and 14th
Shriner's Auditorium, Wilmington, MA
Sat 1/13
8am setup: Paul
Cotton and Warren Mitchell
10am-2pm: Phil
Bonafide and The Zawackis
2pm-6pm: Don
and Sue Nelson
Sun 1/14
10am-3pm: Roger
and Pam Landry
3pm-5pm, breakdown: Paul
Cotton and Warren Mitchell
January 19th, 20th, and 21st
Eastern States Exposition Center, Springfield, MA
Fri 1/19
Setup: Paul
Cotton
4pm-9pm Paul
Cotton
Sat 1/20
10am-4pm: Don
and Sue Nelson
4pm-7pm: Paul
Cotton
Sun 1/21
10am-4pm: Dick
Metz and ____________
4pm to close: Paul
Cotton
January 27th and 28th
Rockingham Park Race Track, Salem, NH
Sat 1/27
Setup:: Paul
Cotton and Warren Mitchell
10am-2pm: Phil
Bonafide and The Zawackis
2pm-5pm: Don
and Sue Nelson
Sun 1/28
10am-3pm: Roger
and Pam Landry
3pm-5pm, breakdown: Paul
Cotton and Warren Mitchell
NOTE: At press time, we were really in need of someone to work the shift
on 1/21 with Dick Metz. Please check your schedules. Dick said he'll drive...he
even said you can drive his car...and we could also use someone with The
Nelsons on Saturday 1/20 from 10am-4. Thanks in advance for pitching in.
Same time,
not the same place.
We will be meeting at The Lodge in Belmont
next Monday, January 15th. We will be meeting at our usual time of 6:15.
Should be fun for those of us that have not seen the new operation there
yet. Hope to see you.
We meet here next Monday.
Photo by W. Stephen
Loughlin
Check Mate...
Paul Cotton will be making a $5,000 check
presentation to the Laconia Public Library on Wednesday, January 17th at
10am. This constitutes our 3rd payment to the library and leaves a balance
of approx $4,000 that we will pay off later this year. Newspaper coverage
has been arranged for the presentation.
The Key Club
is Coming...The Key Club is Coming...
Laura Brousseau informs that the Key
Club is going to Florida over February vacation to help Habitat for
Humanity build some homes for Gulf Coast hurricane victims. The club
will speak to us for 10 minutes before the program on January 29th
about their upcoming trip.
50/50:
Guest Speaker Jim Steiner picked his own
ticket and won $19. He said he would add it to the club's recent $250 to
the Daniel Webster Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
Jim Steiner wins the pot.
Photo by W. Stephen
Loughlin
Happy Dollars:
Larry Murphy has $2.25 in Happy Dollars,
covering his fine last week and the NISE dollar he never gave. The other
buck was for passing the Kiwanis Credit Check last week. Dick Metz had 4
happy quarters...1 for having lunch with Eddie from The Munsters...1 for
winning the best restored vehicle in the Bay Side Expo Car show....1 for
winning the best in his class at the car show, too and 1 for the show being
so well attended. That's 1 happy dollar from Dick Metz. In total...2 happy
dollars, 1 fine, and 1 back pay NISE dollar was collected.
Grandpa Metz and Eddie.
Photo by W. Stephen
Loughlin
Larry Murphy: Last week: no money. This week:
no name.
Photo by W. Stephen
Loughlin
Fines:
Russ Beane, Chet Cilley, Paul Cotton, Warren
Mitchell, and Larry Murphy were all fined a quarter for being pinless. In
total, $1.25 was collected.
Ooops..
Showing my age (or lack thereof)....I made
a joke about Cousin It following Dick Metz' story about having lunch with
Eddy from the Munsters. Cousin It, of course, is from the Addams Family and
if I were older than 30, I would have known that. Once again, my youthful
inexperience (I call it innocence) shines brightly. So much for trying to
be funny...--Joe Collie.
Let's play "spot the comb-over."
Photo by W. Stephen
Loughlin
Quotable
Quotes:
"You're the apple of my eye, but
I still don't want any pie..."
Steve Loughlin to Katherine Contagiani.
"I wouldn't have gone if I wasn't going to win..."
Dick Metz on the Boston Car Show....
Don Nelson: "We took home $3,050."
Roger Landry: "Yeah, but how much did you take in?"
Dick Metz: "I won first in my class..."
Roger Landry: "And how many were in your class...?
Guest Speaker:
Jim Steiner, Chairman of the Board, Swift
Water District of the Daniel Webster Council of the Boy Scouts of America,
spoke to the club and thanked us for our recent donation. Steiner said that
the Swift Water District runs from Bow to Plymouth and east and West of 1-93,
covering 14 towns. Steiner said that the Council has seen growth at all levels
and more than 2,000 NH boys age 8-18 are involved in Scouting. Steiner gave
credit to the fine quality of volunteers for this growth. He went on to say
the money our club donated could be summed up in one word: opportunity. Our
donation made it possible for a child to have the opportunity to experience
scouting and an opportunity to learn want may not be learned elsewhere. Steiner
said the 4 principles they focus on in Scouting is patriotism, character,
citizenship, and duty to God. He also noted the Venturing Program, which
is a co-ed scouting program for 14-20 year olds, is supported by the Teen
Center. Thanks to Dianne Zawacki for that. A lawyer by trade, Steiner lives
in Concord.
Scout's Honor....
Photo by W. Stephen
Loughlin
Joe Collie hires a new lawyer. Sorry,
Phil.
Photo by W.
Stephen Loughlin
Monday, January 15, 2007
We meet at The Lodge in Belmont.
Monday, January 22, 2007
Mark Leibl, NH State Police
Monday, January 29, 2007
Key Club for 10 minutes and then Carla Scott, NH Make A Wish, speaks.
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Bac
Joe Collie
Editor
Kiwanis Kronikle is a weekly publication of the Kiwanis Club of Laconia, N.H., P.O. Box 757, Laconia, N.H. 03247-0757. We meet Mondays at 6:15 p.m. at the Pheasant Ridge Country Club, Country Club Rd., Gilford, N.H. Please call your President or Secretary about any Member or family member in case of illness. Email: Joe Collie or Steve Loughlin
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